Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-10
RATHER COMPREHENSIVE.
A BILL THAT MAKES CONSPIRACY
A BAD BUSINESS,

And the Anarchist Propaganda Extra
Risky, Passed by the Illinois Legislature
The Ohicial Squabble in Indiana
Threatens to Send the Insane All Home
VIM. Z. Chandler Named for Senator.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, June 10.-By vote Of
SO yeas to Is nays the senate passed the con-
spiracy bill Thursday, and it now goes to the
governor The bill is about as comprehensive
as such measure can be made, and makes
the propagation of Anarchist ideas exceed
ingly risky. Its text is as follows;
Section l. That If two or more persons shall
conspire to do unlawful act, dangerous in its
character to human life. or person or property,
or il its accomplishment viii necessarily or proba-
bly, require the use of force and violence, which
may result in the taking of human life or injury
to persons or property. every party to such con
spiracy shall be held criminally liable for what
ever offense any one or more of his co-conspira-
tors shall commit in furtheranee Of the common
design.
Sec @ If any person shall, by speaking TO any
public or private assembage of people, or in any
public place. or shall by writing, printing, or pull
fishing by causing to be written, published, or
circulated any written or printed matter, advise,
encourage, abet or incite local revolution, or
the overthrowing or destruction of the existing
order of society by force or violence, or the re-
sistance to and destruction Of the lawful power
and authority of the legal authority of this
state or any of the towns, cities or counties Of
this state or resistance TO the same by force
and violence, or by any of the means aforesaid
shall advise, abet, encourage, or incite the dis
turbance of the public peace. and by such dis
t,irbance attempt at revolution or destruction of
public order resistance TO such authorities
shall thereafter ensue and human life is taken or
any person is injured, property is destroyed by
any person or by any of the means employed 10
carry into effect the purpose to advised. encour
aged aided abetted or melted as aforesaid;
every person aiding, advising, encouraging,
abetting, or melting the same shall be deemed as
having conspired with the person or persons who
actually commit the crime, and shall he deemed a
principal in the preparation Of the same, and
punished accordingly; and it shall not he neces-
sary for the prosecution To show that the speak.
ing was heard or the written printed matter
aforesaid read or communicated TO the per
son or persons actually committing the crime, if
such speaking writing printing or publishing is
shown TO have been done in a public manner
within this state.
Sec. 3. If two more persons conspire 10
overthrow the existing order of society, by force
or violence or TO bring about local revolution by
force or to destroy resist and overcome the le-
gal authorities of the state of any county city
or town thereof and a human being is killed, or
persons injured, or property DESTROYED by any Of
the persons engaged in such conspiracy, or by any
one who may participate with them in the unlaw
full design and purpose, in fHrtberance of the OBJ
ject Of such conspiracy then all persons
who may have conspired together as
aforesaid, together with all persons who
may actively participate in carrying into eff
feet their common design shall ne deemed guilty
of the crime committed by any or more of
such persons SO conspiring or acting with such
conspirators in the common design and shall be
punished accordingly. notwithstanding the time
and place for the bringing about such revolution
or overthrowing of public order or the destruc
ton or overcoming of such authorities had not
been definitely agreed upon by such conspirators
but was left to the exigencss of the time or the
Judgment of co-conspirators, or some one or more
of them
Sec 4 Hereafter it shall not be necessary In
order to establish a conspiracy as aforesaid to
prove that the parties charged ever came together
and entered into agreement, combination, ar
rangement to accomplish criminal or unlawful
purpose, but it shall be sufficient if it appears
that the parties charged were actually pursuing
in concert the unlawful purpose whether acting
separately or together. at the same or different
times, by the same or different means providing
that the acts of each were knowingly tending TO
the same unlawful result.
Sec. s. Nothing in this act contained shall be
construed as repeating hv implication otherwise
any law in force in this state